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W. W. HASKELL.

ATTACHMENT FOR EVENERS. APPLICATION FILED F E8.l8,191 9.

1,320,229. Patented 0ct.28,1919.

WITNESSES. INVENTOR %.Q. 7%. WE/Ilia??? WHQSKQPIZ ,4 TTOR/VEY WILLIAM W.HASKELL, OF OHIO, NEBRASKA.

ATTACHMENT FOR EVENERS.

Application filed February 18, 1919.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM IV. I-IAsKnLL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at 0rd, in the county of Valley and State of Nebraska,have invented new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Eveners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for eveners, and the object ofthe invention is to provide means for preventing the draft beingunequally distributed on the horses.

In carrying out my invention I provide means for preventing the innerend of the whifiletree from hearing against a part of the evener, whichwould cause the lagging horse to carry but a small part of the. load.

The invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, ref erence will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view showing the positions of the parts when theinner end of one tree lodges against the evener.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the blocks. 7

In these views, 1 indicates the pole of the wagon or other vehicle, 2the evener and 3 and 3 the whiflietrees. As shown in Fig. 1, when onehorse is lagging the inner end of his tree 3 will lodge against theevener so that the inner trace 4 will become slack and the whole pullingforce is on the outer Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Oct. as, 1919.

Serial No. 277,707.

trace 5. This action throws most of the load on the other horse, as thetree 8 forms an extension of the evener with one horse pulling on theshort part and the other horse pulling on the long part.

In carrying out my invention, I place a pair of wedge-shape blocks 6 onthe evener, one on each side of the pole, and so located that the innerend of the trees will strike the blocks when they swing back into theposition shown in Fig. 1. As the ends of the trees strike thewedge-shape blocks they will be deflected either upwardly or downwardlyand thus caused to pass the evener and not lodge thereagainst. In thisway, the lagging horse must pull his part of the load.

As shown in Fig. 2, each of the blocks is formed with a flat side tobear against the evener, and its ends are eXtended and provided with theholes 7 for receiving screws or the like for securing the blocks to theevener. The upper and lower sides converge to form the deflecting partsfor the trees.

What I claim is 1. All attachment for eveners, comprising a wedge-shapeblock and means for securing the same to the evener.

2. An attachment for eveners, comprising a wedge-shape block havingperforated eX- tending portions on its ends for receiving the securingmeans for attaching the same to the evener.

3. In combination with an evener and the whiflietrees, a block ofwedge-shape, secured to the evener on each side of the tongue, forpreventing the inner ends of the trees from lodging against the evener.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WILLIAM W. HASKELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

